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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK

September 22, 2018Jefferson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2018, 11:47 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2018, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2018, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jefferson County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Creek (OK) at Waurika (WAKO2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27.5 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 22, 5:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 5:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 7:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	3 hr
Sep 21, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	12 hr
Sep 21, 8:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	13 hr
Sep 21, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	17 hr
Sep 21, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	4 hr
Sep 21, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	12 hr
Sep 22, 12:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	9 hr
Sep 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Bryan	4 hr
Sep 22, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	69 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.